Former PC Michael Upson
kept detailed records of his egg collection at his home in Suffolk
A police constable
amassed a collection of 649 rare birds' eggs by stealing from nests, often
while on duty for Suffolk Police, a court has heard.
Michael Upson, 52,
travelled across the UK to collect eggs, but most were taken from areas near
his home in Halesworth, Norwich Crown Court heard.
He admitted having the
eggs in his possession, contrary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Upson, who has since
retired, is yet to be sentenced.
The eggs were found at
his home in Sotherton during a raid by police officers and investigators from
the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
He kept detailed notes
describing how and where he gathered them, including instances when he was
working on nightshifts.
"... There were no
people about and the darkness gave me some cover," he wrote in one diary
extract.
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